Improvement in fences



' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEL W'ILLIAM D. HUNT, OF SCOTT, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCES.

`Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 67,ll', dated July Q3, 1857.

ybeing had to the accompanying drawing, and

to: the let-ters of reference marked thereon.

In the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, A A represent the feneeposts,

and B B the wires,'whieh1nn from one post to -another `for forming the panels of fence. This.

is simply a wire fence composed of any desired number of wires; but for general pn'rposesI think two'will. be sufiieient.

C C represent a series of small spnr-wheels, their spurs "being, sharpened, so as to prick readily. These wheels areprov-ided with` openings at their centers,` through which the wire' passes., Thersp'nrs' fit the wire loosely, so as to revolve ensily upon it. By providing the Wires with these sharp spurwheels,nnimals 'are deterred from pushing; against the fence or attempting to break over it. The spurs may be kept in their. places and at suitable distances apart by means of flanges or otherwise.

These spurs can hemade of refuse sheet metalv .by dies and made very cheaply. l l

Having thus fully described nIy gnvention,

what'I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

Providing the wires of a Wire fence with a series of spnnwhe'els, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony thnt I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 3d! day of June, 1867.

WM.' D. HUNT. [Ls] Witnesses:

O. B. STANTON, DAVID U. BROWN. 

